Fences, basic landscaping, tree removal can put some nice padding into your margins as well. 

@Dennis GallagherIt's my understanding that the "Income-Expense Ratio" primarily use operating expenses as the expense variable, which includes costs like utilities, property taxes, insurance, maintenance, repairs, property management fees, and trash removal, all of which are considered when calculating a property's operating expense ratio (OER).You calculate OER by dividing the total operating expenses by the gross operating income of a property.

We removed a chimney to open up the space and updated all the major ticket items—new electrical, HVAC, and roof.

Interesting though, they have removed mention of the offering from their site as of yesterday

Remove a smoke detector and an interior doorknob prior to inspection, for example. 

The first 6 months are acquisitions, removing non paying tenants, and taking over operations/management which is just the beginning of the stabilization process.

I've never been successful in getting any of the SCAM advertisements removed. 

Removes a ton of risk. 

@Samantha Springs Here are some options to help lower the mortgage without refinancing that is worth considering:1. ask your lender to remove the PMI, if you have one, that would help reduce the mortgage.

If you ask the manager to justify a fee and he starts hemming and hawing, move on or require them to remove the fee.